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The move comes as a fundraiser supporting Adelaide-based researcher Nikolai Petrovsky's bid for his locally-developed COVID-19 vaccine, COVAX-19, to be approved for use in Australia has raised more than $750,000.
A number of prominent local social media platforms have been advocating for people to avoid having vaccines approved by the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) by signing up to planned COVAX-19 clinical trials.
A direction issued on November 8 allowed people "currently taking part in a COVID-19 vaccine trial" where "the receipt of another available vaccine would impact the validity of the trial" to be exempt from the mandate, in place for workers in aged care, schools, childcare centres, disability services, health care and passenger transport.
But in a new direction issued today, SA Police said "taking part in a COVID-19 vaccination trial is no longer a valid reason to be exempt".
A number of prominent local social media platforms have been advocating for people to avoid having vaccines approved by the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) by signing up to planned COVAX-19 clinical trials.
A direction issued on November 8 allowed people "currently taking part in a COVID-19 vaccine trial" where "the receipt of another available vaccine would impact the validity of the trial" to be exempt from the mandate, in place for workers in aged care, schools, childcare centres, disability services, health care and passenger transport.
But in a new direction issued today, SA Police said "taking part in a COVID-19 vaccination trial is no longer a valid reason to be exempt".